Dediu was born on 24 June 1934 in the village of
Rediul Mare,
Soroca County,
Kingdom of Romania (currently
Republic of Moldova). He was a professor (from 1971) at
Moldova State University,
Technical University of Moldova,
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in
Iași, the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, Dimitrie Cantemir Ecology University in Iași, Free International University of Moldova, and the University of Ecology and Social Sciences of Romania. He was an invited professor at several universities in the United States, Russia, England, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Norway, Turkey, Greece, etc. He was the author of more than 400 scientific papers, including more than 20 monographs in the field of general ecology (theoretical),
hydrobiology,
zoology,
environmental protection, and
scientific journalism. He discovered and formulated the principle (law) of the mutual exclusion of biotic aquatic complexes of different biogeographical origins; he was the author of several terms, notions and ecological sintagmes. He discovered and described new species of superior crustaceans. He was one of the key founders of modern theoretical ecology, the founder of the
National Ecological School, and of the
School of Aquatic Ecotoxicology, and of the
Scientific School of Political Ecology, the mentor of over 30 doctors in biological sciences, etc. He was a correspondent member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and the holder member of the following Academy of Sciences:
Romanian Academy of Sciences Romanian Scientist (cochaiperson and co-founder), International Cosmonautics "E.C. Tiolkovski" (Moscow), Ecology and Life Security (Saint Petersburg), Ecology in Romania, National Ecological Sciences in RM. (Chairperson-Founder), International Informatization (Associate of the United Nations, of the
New York Academy of Sciences (United States), Ukrainian Academy of Ecology (Kyiv), Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Moscow), International of Economic Sciences (Moscow), International Academy of Personnel (EU and
UNESCO), International Academy of Nature and Human Society (Moscow), Balkan Sciences, New Culture and Sustainable Development (Sofia, Bulgaria), etc. Member of the Club of Rome (Committee "Future for Europe"); Professor of Honor / Doctor Honoris Causa of several academies and universities and member of several academic societies from abroad. He was co-founder and the chairman of the "Green Alliance" ecological party from R.M., of the Environment magazines (Romania), Environment (R.M.) and Noosferă (R.M.); chairman-founder of the Association of Scientists of the Republic of Moldova; Scientific Coordinator and Coauthor of National Strategies for Environmental Protection, Biodiversity Conservation, Protection of the Danube Basin Environment (Prut Sector), Sustainable Development, Red Book (2nd Edition), Annual National Report on the Environment of the Republic of Moldova. etc.; Member of the Parliament of R.M. (Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Food Industry, Ecology and Rural Development, 1994–2001), Minister of Environment of the Republic of Moldova (1990–1994). Chairman-Founder of the National Ecological Institute and the chairperson and founder of the National Academy of Ecological Sciences of the Republic of Moldova. He was an honorary director of the Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova and founding director Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development at Free International Institute of Moldova. ==Decorations==